North Salem teachers take lower raises in 3-year contract

10:02 PM,
May 11, 2013

North Salem Superintendent Kenneth Freeston in his office in 2010.

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Teachers will receive lower pay increases than they would be entitled to and they will pay more for their health insurance under a three-year deal reached with the North Salem school district.

Teachers agreed to defer the salary schedules that seniority entitles them to, in order to help the district balance budgets over the next three years. Schools across New York are constrained by the state-set property-tax cap that limits how much districts can raise the levy each year.

"The agreement allows us to remain fiscally responsible to the community, while preserving teaching positions and ...